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17.450 Kentucky Missing Child Information Center.

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17.450 Kentucky Missing Child Information Center. (1) The Justice and Public Safety Cabinet shall establish within the cabinet a &quot;Kentucky Missing Child Information Center,&quot; which shall serve as a central repository of and <br>clearinghouse for information about Kentucky children believed to be missing and <br>children from other states believed to be missing in Kentucky. (2) The cabinet shall provide the Missing Child Information Center with computer equipment and a computer program which shall list and be capable of immediately <br>retrieving the name and complete description of any missing Kentucky child <br>referred to in subsection (1) of this section. (3) The cabinet shall design the computer program so as to accept and generate complete information on a missing child, which information shall be retrievable by <br>the child's name and date of birth, Social Security number, fingerprint classification, <br>any number of physical descriptions, including hair and eye color and body marks, <br>and known associates and locations. (4) Only law enforcement agencies shall be authorized to order missing child information entered into or retrieved from the missing child information center <br>computer, except that a parent or guardian may order from the Department of <br>Kentucky State Police information on his or her child to be entered or retrieved <br>when another law enforcement agency has refused to enter or retrieve such missing <br>child information. (5) The cabinet, through the Kentucky Missing Child Information Center, shall regularly issue flyers containing physical and situational descriptions of missing <br>children when requested by a law enforcement agency or when determined by the <br>cabinet. (6) For purposes of this section, child shall mean any person under eighteen (18) years of age or any person certified or known to be mentally incompetent or disabled. (7) A complete written report shall be issued annually by the cabinet, which report shall include statistical information on the numbers of missing children entered on the <br>computer and located and recommendations for more accurate and timely reports <br>and better usage of the computer. (8) The cabinet may promulgate administrative regulations in conformance with this section which provide for the orderly receipt of missing child information and <br>requests for retrieval of missing child information. (9) The Department of Kentucky State Police and each city, county, and urban-county police department and each sheriff's office shall fingerprint children without charge <br>on forms provided by the cabinet. The completed fingerprint forms shall be <br>delivered to the child's parent or guardian and no copy of the fingerprint form shall <br>be retained by the police department or sheriff's office. Effective: June 26, 2007 <br>History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 96, effective June 26, 2007. -- Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 382, sec. 11, effective July 13, 1984.